The Crafty Corgi

Some Published Cards

2012-02-22T22:07:00.001-05:00

I've been busy working on some cards to submit for publications this week. So I thought today I would show you some of my cards that were published recently in CARDS magazine. I had one in the December issue and two in the January issue. I loved making these cards and the one thing they all have in common is no stamping!! I love stamping, but apparently I like just plain paper crafting too! Thanks for stopping by!!

I used Crate Paper Snow Day Paper to make this card.

Wednesday Gel-a-tins - Pawsitively Cute Card

2012-02-22T06:00:00.002-05:00

This is my Wednesday Gel-a-tins card. I used the Gel-a-tins Cosmo Pups stamp set for this one. The papers are Basic Grey Sweet Threads and Out of Print. I also used a Sweet Threads die cut and Washi tape. For more info, check out the Gel-a-tins blog. Thanks for stopping by!

Tuesday Trigger - Home Sweet Home

2012-02-21T19:21:00.000-05:00

I'm entering this card into the current Trigger Tuesday contest in the Moxie Fab World. Click here to join in on all the fun. I was definitely inspired by house and the home theme. I love this new Hero Arts Newsprint House stamp and I finally got a chance to use it. Thanks for stopping by!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card stock - Crumb Cake, Real Red, Perfect Plum, Wild Wasabi - Stampin' Up
2. Stamps - Newsprint House - Hero Arts, Sentiment - Impression Obsession
3. Ink - black - Stampin' Up
4. Grass punch - Fiskars
5. Pearl - Gold - Hero Arts

Play Date Cafe - Splash of Hot Pink

2012-02-20T21:47:00.001-05:00

I made this card for the current Play Date Cafe Challenge #119. It took me awhile to figure out how to work in a splash of hot pink. But, I finally decided to use this new Paper Smooches stamp set. Thanks for taking a look!

Materials
1. Stamp Set - Vogue Abode - Paper Smooches
2. Ink - Tuxedo Black - Memento
3. Card stock - Whisper White, Black - Stampin' Up
4. Twine - The Twinery
5. Die - Oval - Nestabilities

Hero Arts Digi Card

2012-02-20T20:40:00.002-05:00

I finally made a card!! This time I did something a little different. I purchased a Hero Arts Digi stamp set from Two Peas in a Bucket called Words & Flowers and used it on this card. I created the card in Photoshop. I made the layout with the stamps I chose and then created the sentiment. These flowers were so bold and vibrant that I decided to leave this a very CAS card and make the flowers the star. This set has a lot more possibilities and I look forward to making some more digital cards. I started on Ebay in 2001 selling dog breed greeting cards so it was like dejavu making this card. But, now I have Photoshop which makes things much easier! Thanks for stopping by!

Fun Crafty Weekend!

2012-02-19T19:04:00.001-05:00

Hi Everybody! I haven't posted in a few days because I had a really busy weekend. The Stamp and Scrap Art Show came to Columbia to a location about 10 mins from my house! My online friend Libby Hickson aka Stampinlibby decided on Thursday night to make the 4 hour drive from Atlanta and go to the show with me Saturday morning. So we shopped all morning. Our favorite place was the Stampers Anonymous booth and we enjoyed meeting Ted Cutts.

After the show we went to The Stamping Place and Scrapbook Station which is my local stamp store. They were having a Mardi Gras themed crop and we stayed there all night - I left Libby there around 11pm - she stayed until midnight. This store has the best crops - when we got there they had seats for us with jester hat name tags and plastic Mardi Gras cups filled with candy and a mask. Later on they brought out a delicious Mardi Gras pound cake and took a picture of the group wearing some fabulous masks. They had the picture developed and gave us all a scrapbook page to make for the crop that included a hand made one of a kind glittered mask that the ladies there had painstaking made for each of us. It's just a fun place!! Libby had so much fun she decided to stay a little longer and signed up for the crop again for Sunday. I stopped by and had lunch with the ladies Sunday and cut some paper for my upcoming card classes there. Libby and I had a great time and it was nice to finally meet an online friend in person!!

Here are some pics of the weekend.

Me with Ted Cutts at the Stampers Anonymous booth

Ready for the big group photo!

The scrapbook page they had ready for us to create!!

Yummy and beautiful Mardi Gras pound cake!

Late night creating with Libby!

My Decorated Tim Holtz Cargo Case

2012-02-16T07:15:00.000-05:00

I finally sort of finished decorating my new Tim Holtz Cargo Case. It's perfect for storing all my Distress Inks and Stains. I'm sure I'll still put a few more things on it. But, this is good for now. I covered it in Tim Holtz Retro Grunge Paper and used lots of Crowded Attic Stickers and Tim Holtz dies and embellishments. Thanks for stopping by!!

Wednesday Gel-a-tins - Doggie Treat Bag

2012-02-15T05:00:00.002-05:00

This is my Wednesday Gel-a-tins Post. This week I used the Cosmo Pups stamp set to create this treat bag. I plan to make these for Dusty's Birthday party at the end of the month - she'll be 12 on Leap Day!! For all the details check out the Gel-a-tins Blog.

Happy Valentines Day!!

2012-02-14T00:01:00.004-05:00

Here is my Valentine's Day Card. All the materials are Stampin' Up. The stamp is new and the colors are the new In-colors and Rich Razzleberry. Thanks for stopping by and Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

Tim Holtz February Tag 2012

2012-02-13T20:11:00.004-05:00

This tag was inspired by the tag Tim Holtz made for his new 12 Tags of 2012. I am entering it into the Grungy Monday 36 Challenge. I'm also entering in the Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything Goes Challenge. You can get the materials used on this tag at www.simonsaysstamp.com.

The background was embossed in white and then covered with Distress Inks. The Distress Inks I used were Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick, Victorian Velvet and Festive Berries. I also used Worn Lipstick Distress Stickles & Embossing Powder on the heart. On the Cupid I used Festive Berries Distress Ink and Barn Door Stickles. I died the ribbon with Spun Sugar Distress Stain. I cut the letters out of the Seasonal Papers Pack. The velvet trim is from Crate Paper. I heated the Distress Stickles on the cupid and he got a little bumpy - but I'm doing that Tim thing of "embracing my imperfections."

For those of you who have asked about the Yahoo Group I am in called All Things Tim - just go to Yahoo and search for it and ask to be admitted into the group. You can tell them I sent you. It's just a fun place where people who love to use Tim Holtz products get together and discuss crafty things. Thanks for taking a look!

CAS Hero Arts Card Set

2012-02-13T07:10:00.001-05:00

I am now going to be teaching card making classes at my local stamping store called The Stamping Place & Scrapbook Station. I wanted to come up with a CAS set of cards that students could make in a couple of hours. I used the Hero Arts/Sizzix set called Playful Flowers & Butterflies. The sentiments are from the Hero Arts set called Essential Messages. All the images have dies which makes it so much easier than cutting them!! Thanks for stopping by!

Grungy Monday 35 - Holtz-ian ATC

2012-02-12T19:33:00.000-05:00

This is my second post of the day. If you're looking for the winner of the Blog Candy look at the previous post.

I finally got some time to make a quick ATC for the Grungy Monday 35 Challenge to make an ATC in the style of Tim Holtz. I made one with this grunge board heart and crown and a Tim Holtz flower. I colored the canvas with Dusty Concord, Victorian Velvet and Milled Lavender Distress Inks. Thanks for stopping by!!

And the winner is........Plus more giveaways!!

2012-02-12T12:10:00.002-05:00

Hi everybody!!! First I want to say that I'm stunned at the response to my blog candy giveaway. I have been humbled by all the nice comments and compliments I have received from so many people over the last 2 weeks. I have visited many of your blogs, but please bear with me if I have not made it to yours yet. I will making my way around to all of your blogs as soon as I can - there are a lot for me to visit!!

I wish I could send all of you a prize!!! But, unfortunately there can only be one lucky winner of this blog candy. To get the winner I went to the random number generator at www.calculatorslive.com and put in the total number of comments on this post and when the number came up it was 10 and I counted each original poster down from the top of the list and the lucky winner is Therese of Lost in Paper!!! Congrats Therese - I'll be contacting you shortly to get your address. Keep reading for the More Giveaways part...

Below are 1 random numbers between 1 and 106

10

Since response to my blog candy was so great and the plush dog got so many comments, I decided that for the rest of the year I would giveaway one stuffed animal on the first of each month along with a couple of crafty items (you can tell I always have extras laying around). Each month I will designate one of my posts to be the monthly giveaway post. To be eligible for the monthly drawing just check out my blog and leave a message on that post, make sure you're a follower and you will be entered. This is open to all - even international followers. You have until the end of the month to find the post and leave a comment. The first giveaway will be Thursday, March 1st - so check back in February and look for the giveaway post - it will be after today.

I had planned to do another giveaway when I hit 100 followers, but thanks to you all I have surpassed that now!! So, the next big Blog Candy giveaway will come at 200 followers or my 2nd Blogoversary - whichever comes first. Thanks for all your amazing support!!

Please note the entries for the giveaway ended at Noon on Sunday, February 12 EST.

Gel-a-tins Wednesday - Friends Furever

2012-02-08T05:44:00.002-05:00

Here's my weekly Wednesday Gel-a-tins card. I used the Cosmo Pups stamp set to create this card. I think these dogs are so cute!! For all the details check out the Gel-a-tins blog today. Thanks for stopping by!

All Things Tim Post Card Swap

2012-02-07T19:18:00.001-05:00

I recently joined a the All Things Tim Yahoo Group for people who love to create with Tim Holtz products. They're a really fun and nice group of people and it's a very active group. They have several swaps going on at all times, a monthly challenge and tons of info and encouragement on their message board.

For example, I found out from the list that this coming Friday, February 10 at 10:00am Tuesday Morning Stores will be having a huge sale of scrapbooking supplies including Martha Stewart, K & Company and Tim Holtz. They say they will have configurations boxes and I hope to get some of those at good prices that I can decorate for Christmas gifts. Luckily for me, my mom is retired and loves to shop so she has that on her calendar for Friday morning - I can't get there until 4pm!!

Anyway, I'm participating in the current All Things Tim 6x6 "Use Your Stash" Postcard swap. I need to use up my stash and making 6 postcards looked like a fun way to start. The postcards are 4x6 and can be decorated anyway, in the Tim Holtz style of course, and on the back side you're supposed to write something about yourself. Here are my 6 postcards. I had a great time making them. I used Grunge paper with various distress inks and stains and Tim Holtz, Stamps, Grunge Blocks letters and Ranger Glossy Accents. I can't wait to see what I receive when I get my 6 in March!! I'll be sure to post them here.

Play Date Cafe - Happiness Always

2012-02-04T15:29:00.001-05:00

I made this card for the current Play Date Cafe color challenge. I made the lilac flower from Tim Holtz tissue tape. I watched the video how-to he made and decided to give it a try. Click here if you would like to watch the video. Before I made the flower I colored the tissue tape with Dusty Concord Distress Stain and I used one of his Accoutrements for the center of the flower. Thanks for stopping by!!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card stock - Very Vanilla, Blue - Stampin' Up
2. Stamp - Happy Greeting - Stampin' Up
3. Ink - Basic Black - Stampin' Up
4. Tissue Tape - Tim Holtz
5. Distress Stain - Dusty Concord - Tim Holtz
6. Seam Binding - Very Vanilla - Stampin' Up
7. Die - Nestabilities
8. Rhinestones - Kaisercraft

Wednesday Gel-a-tins - Doggie Valentine Card

2012-02-01T00:01:00.004-05:00

Welcome to my weekly Wednesday Gel-a-tins post. This month I'm using the super cute Cosmo Pups stamp set. Today I made a fun and easy Doggie Valentine card. For more details check out the Gel-a-tins Blog.

Here's is the full stamps set.

For Cath (sans CHA) with Love Blog Hop

2012-01-31T00:01:00.005-05:00

Welcome to my post in the "For Cath (sans CHA) with Love Blog Hop." We are all wishing Cath from the Moxie Fab World a speedy recovery and sending her hugs. She injured her shoulder and could not go to CHA. Be sure to also stop by the Moxie Fab World today and leave Cath some love. I made this card for Cath wishing her a speedy recovery so she can get back to normal soon. We miss your CHA reports and we all hope you are feeling better soon.

This card uses Lawn Fawn stamps, Karen Foster decorative paper and Stampin' Up Baha Breeze paper, seam binding and buttons.

Check out my right side bar and click the picture of my blog candy. You have until February 12 at noon EST to enter. Just leave a comment on that post and become a follower of my blog.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

Play Date Cafe - Thinking of You

2012-01-30T20:05:00.000-05:00

I made this card for the current Play Date Cafe Challenge. I used my new Hero Arts Big Eyes stamp and the sentiment is from the Essential Messages set and the background is the new Zig Zag background stamp.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out my right side for a link to my blog candy post.

My First Configurations Box

2012-01-30T07:07:00.000-05:00

Yes, I've gone a little "grungy" lately. Today I'm showing a Tim Holtz Configurations box that I decorated. First I watched the video of Tim decorating his, click here if you want to see that video. Then I gathered some things around my house. The biggest issue I had was finding things that were small enough to fit in the little boxes. I decorated the outside and inside of the boxes with Wisteria paper from Basic Grey and I used Tim's tissue tape on the edges and to hold the boxes together. I colored the tape with Dusty Concord Distress Stain to get a more lavender hue since that's my favorite color. I used Tim's corners and feet and put the clear sheet back in so there is a little glare on some of the pictures.

Here's a breakdown of the items I put in there. I only wanted to use items that meant something to me. The bottom left is rounded and very smooth rock given to me by my grandfather about 30 years ago. He gave it to me and explained how it had been in the running water so long that it had made it smooth. I have always cherished this rock. He passed away when I was 16 and it always makes me think of him. In the upper left corner I found these little keychain mascots from the Beijing Olympics. My brother is the coach of Michael Phelps, Bob Bowman, and he always brings me back trinkets from all the Olympic games. I just took the key rings off of them. In the upper right box I put a 7 domino for my birthday which is on the 7th and D Scrabble piece for my name of course. I also added some lavender flowers behind them. In the middle box I put a cork from my favorite Chardonnay - Robert Mondavi and of course we all know why there is a Corgi in the bottom right. Dusty is very excited her twin made it in the box.

Thanks for stopping by and click the picture on the right to enter my blog candy giveaway.

Blog Candy for my Blogoversary!!!

2012-01-29T09:51:00.001-05:00

Thanks for stopping by my blog! In honor of my Blogoversary on February 12 I am offering up some blog candy to say thanks to the great friends I have made through this blog over the last year and hopefully will make in the future. It's easy to enter - just comment on this post and become a follower of my blog if you're not already. This blog candy is filled with stamps, embellishments, storage, and more.

I'm including Spicy the Beagle who is a Douglas Cuddle Toy - I like to send a dog to make sure the items get there safely. (For those of you who don't know me I spent the early 2000's busily selling dog breed stuffed animals online and at dog shows - it was a great gig until the economy failed. I still have a few left.)

I will ship domestically or internationally so everyone can have a chance. I'll be announcing a winner on Sunday, February 12. If you would like to put this picture with a link back to my blog on your side bar that would be great. I'll keep a link at the top of my blog until the 12th.

Welcome to all my new friends and good luck!! All items are new or very lightly used (e.g. sometimes I buy a stamp set and only use it once-I need help!) If I find some other stuff around here I may stick in a few more items.

What's is all this stuff??

Sizzix Die - Decorative Label Set #4

Northern Lights Stamp Set - Stampin' Up

Growing Green Stamp Set - Stampin' Up

Swirls & Curls Verses - Stampin' Up

Unity KOM - Simply Magical

Unity Itty Bitties - Adventurous & Give You the Sea

Santa & Elf - Inkadinkado

Gemstone Insects - Inkadinkado

Chandeliers - Inkdinkado

Cabbage Roses - Impression Obsession

Shoe Balloon - Impression Obsession

1 Container of Black, Blue, White & Green Buttons

1 Green & 1 Red Seam Binding - Martha Stewart

7 Gypsies Dotted Oval Stamper

2 12" Rhinestone Chains - Pink Paislee

2 Smash Stickies

1 Smash Pad

1 October Afternoon 5 & Dime set of 6 Tin Pins

1 October Afternoon 5 & dime Miscellany Set

1 Paper Whimsies - Beatnik Buds - Sassafraslass

1 Pebbles Cupcakes Layered Embellishments

2 Sheets of Mrs. Grossman Sassy Elephant Stickers

Days of the Week Labels - Jillibean Soup

1 Hambly Screen Prints Rub Ons - Banners & Pennants

158 Piece Cardstock Stikers - Goldenrod - Sassafraslass

Toy Box Border Stickers - Crate Paper

1 Thickers - Elm - Foam Letter Stickers - American Crafts

Set of Jennifer Ellory Card stock Stickers - Nana Loves

Prima Stitched Wildflowers

Stampin' Up set of 3 Ribbon Holders

Spicy the Beagle

Grungy Monday 34 - 3 Crackle Hearts

2012-01-28T18:08:00.003-05:00

Well, I finally felt like making another card this week. This one is for the Grungy Monday 34 - Crackle Resist Technique Challenge. Click here to see Tim's video of how to do the Crackle Resist Technique. I used Tim Holtz Seasonal paper and the hearts are made from grunge board using his Love Struck die heart. For the purple heart I used Dusty Concord Distress Crackle with Picket Fence & Spun Sugar Distress Stains. On the pink heart I used Worn Lipstick Distress Crackle with Dusty Concord Distress Stain. The red heart was made with Fired Brick Distress Crackle and Dusty Concord Distress Stain. To finish off the hearts I covered them in Rock Candy Distress Stickles and used the Gold Dabber on the edges. The sentiment is a fabric sticker from Amy Tangerine that I colored with Spun Sugar Distress Stain. Thanks for stopping by.

I'm also entering this card into the current Cupcake Craft Challenge - All You Need Is Love since that's the theme of this card!!! And I'm also entering in the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge - which is a song title.

Wednesday Gel-a-tins - CAS Happy Cupcake Card

2012-01-25T00:01:00.001-05:00

First of all, I just want to thank everyone for your kind words on my post from Monday. It was very comforting to read the comments from great "blogland friends". Going to workout and to work have both helped me think about other things start feeling a little better.

Also, this is my Wednesday post but it showed up on the Gel-a-tins blog yesterday so if you want to see the details and can't find it go back to Tuesday's post.

Here is my Wednesday Gel-a-tins card. I made a CAS card using a cupcake and this fun sentiment from the Gel-a-tins Sweet Cakes stamp set. For more details check out the Gel-a-tins blog today. Thanks for stopping by! Check back next week to see my first card with my new Gel-a-tins stamp set for February.

Map To Your Heart on a sad day

2012-01-23T17:59:00.001-05:00

I've been meaning to make a card for this map challenge since it was posted. I had gotten a map in the mail and knew it would be perfect for me to use. It was fun incorporating the map into the card and of course I used the area of Europe where I love to travel the most! Click here to join in all the fun at the Moxie Fab World.

Unfortunately I've had a rough few days. Last Thursday my oldest dog Callie was having issues that continued through the weekend and she passed away early this morning. She was 15 years old and I got her from a shelter 13 years and 2 months ago. She was definitely a family member and I am heart broken. I took the day off work and tried to stay busy cleaning up the house. I got caught up on laundry and finally felt like making this card. I think I'll go try to make another one now. I know this is something I'll just have to get through one day at a time. I added a picture of Callie under the card.

Thanks for stopping by!

Materials
1. Card stock - Bashful Blue, More Mustard - Stampin' Up
2. Map
3. Stamps - Tack - Just My Type from Lawn Fawn, Sentiment - Essential Messages - Hero Arts
4. Ink - Black - Stampin' Up
5. Pearls - Hero Arts

Sweet Callie

CAS-ual Fridays - A Cut Above

2012-01-20T18:08:00.000-05:00

I made this card for the current CAS-ual Fridays Challenge - Penguin Suit. I found some Lawn Fawn stamps I've never used that I thought would work well with Black & White. I also used a die that I haven't used too much and some twine from The Twinery. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card Stock - Whisper White, Basic Black - Stampin' Up
2. Stamps - Just My Type - Lawn Fawn
3. Ink - Black - Stampin' Up
4. Twine - The Twinery
5. Die - Nestabilities

Wednesday Gel-a-tins - Paper Pieced Cupcake

2012-01-18T06:00:00.003-05:00

Here is the card I made for my weekly Gel-a-tins post. I wanted to make a card with the Sweet Cakes stamp set that could be used as a Valentine. For more info check out the Gel-a-tins blog. Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Dirtday!!!

2012-01-17T21:44:00.000-05:00

For those of you who have read my blog for a while you know I have a special little man in my life named Reece. He's my friends son and my parents and I have basically adopted him. He even calls my parents Grandmommy and Grandaddy - which is great since my brother and I have no children! Reece is turning 3 January 18. I made him this card for his birthday. He is absolutely crazy about construction equipment so I bought him this cute stamp set from Stampin' Up called I Dig You. I got him the wooden stamps so they would be easier to use and he loves to stamp all the construction vehicles. I borrowed the set from my mom to make this card. I hope he likes it.

Here's the inside.

Here's a picture I took of Reece a couple of weeks ago when we were riding on the Merry Go Round. We were at the zoo to see the Christmas lights.

CAS-ual Fridays - Friends Are Treasures

2012-01-16T16:51:00.000-05:00

I made this card for the current CAS-ual Fridays Challenge - to use scallops on your card. I bought this stamp set a long time ago and have never used it, so I thought I would ink it up for this one. Originally, in my mind I wanted the card to be aqua, but I couldn't find a color I liked so I found this piece of Whipped Mousse and thought it would work. Thanks for taking a look!!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card stock - Black - Stampin' Up; Whipped Mousse - Bazzill Basics
2. Stamp - Friends are Treasures - Hero Arts
3. Ink - Black - Stampin' Up
4. Scallop Border Punch - Stampin' Up

Grungy Monday - Tim Holtz Valentine Card/Tag

2012-01-16T14:56:00.000-05:00

Since I have today off (my last day off for 11 weeks!!) I had some time to do the new Grungy Monday 33 Challenge. The challenge is sponsored by Simon Says Stamp where you can find all these materials. Since I had all my Tim Holtz materials out from the tag I made for last week's challenge it was easy to get going. The challenge was to use Tim's technique of covering a fragment with alcohol ink, stamping on it and rubbing off the black ink. I did it and tried to remember what Tim says "embrace imperfection". Thanks for stopping by!

I covered a card and small tag with Tim Holtz seasonal papers. I made the fragment - it's a little more hot pink than I wanted, but I think the whole thing turned out OK in the end. I stamped some hearts from grunge paper, covered them in Fired Brick Distress ink, then covered them with Fired Brick Distress Stickles. I also die cut some rick rack trim in grunge paper and painted it with Jenny Bowlin Antique Pink chalk ink, then covered it with Rock Candy Distress Stickles. I inked the edges of the card with the Antique Pink and the tag with Old Road chalk ink. Then I added some twine, a mini paper clip and a safety pin.

Materials
1. Paper - Seasonal - Tim Holtz
2. Alcohol Inks - Adirondack
3. Fragment, Mini Paper Clip, Vintage Safety Pin - Tim Holtz
4. Stamp - Artful Things - Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous
5. Ink - Versamark Black Archival
6. Chalk Ink - Jenny Bowlin Edgers
7. Twine - Papertrey Ink
8. Tag - Hobby Lobby
9. Grunge Paper - Tim Holtz
10. Heart punch - Stampin' Up
11. Rick Rack Die - Stampin' Up
12. Stickles - Distress - Rock Candy, Fired Brick

Grungy Monday - Tim Holtz Valentine Tag

2012-01-15T19:03:00.001-05:00

I made this card for the Grungy Monday Challenge. The challenge is to use a Tim Holtz technique from the 12 Tag of Christmas on a non-Christmas item. So I chose to use several of the techniques I used on the tags on this Valentine's Tag - the main technique I used on the heart is the way he treated the snowman on this tag. The sponsor of Grungy Monday is Simon Says Stamp a great place to get Tim Holtz items. Thanks for taking a look!

For this tag I used Valentine paper from the Tim Holtz seasonal paper pack. I inked the edges with Worn Lipstick Distress Ink and sprayed it with Interference Red Pearl Mist For the bottom I punched grunge paper with a scallop border, covered it with Fired Brick Distress Stain and then put Fired Brick Distress Stickles on it (you can't really see the sparkles in the photo). Then I put 7 Gypsies buttons on the scallop trim.

I die cut the Valentine on grunge paper and covered it with Worn Lipstick Crackle Paint. When it dried I covered the heart with Fired Brick Distress Stain. For the numbers I covered chipboard numbers with Spun Sugar Distress Stickles and adhered them to the heart. I adhered the heart to the tag with foam tape. I cut out the XO from paper pack, inked the edges with Work Lipstick Distress Ink and attached it to the tag with foam tape and added a Tim Holtz paper clip. I added ribbon and tulle to the top of the tag. Thanks for taking a look!!

Materials

1. Tag - #8 - Ranger

2. Paper - Seasonal - Tim Holtz

3. Distress Ink - Worn Lipstick - Tim Holtz

4. Distress Stain - Fired Brick - Tim Holtz

5. Crackle Paint - Worn Lipstick - Tim Holtz

6. Distress Stickles - Fired Brick, Worn Lipstick - Tim Holtz

7. Ribbon - Riding Hood Red - Stampin' Up

8. Perfect Pearls Mist - Interference Red

Play Date Cafe - Three Hearts

2012-01-15T11:53:00.000-05:00

I made this card for the current Play Date Cafe Challenge #114 to use the colors Gold, Burgundy, & Plum. I made these hearts with a Sizzix die and the sentiment is from Hero Arts. The "hangers" of the heart ornaments are actually from some die cut grunge board pieces I was playing with. They're from the Tim Holtz Gingerbread Man die. I colored them with distress stains and rock candy glitter but it's kind of hard to tell they are glittery. I just thought they matched the colors and were kind of fun. I popped up the middle heart and hanger with foam tape. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card stock - Whisper White, Perfect Plum, Bravo Burgundy - Stampin' Up; Gold - Bazzill Basics
2. Stamp - Celebrate Everyday - Hero Arts
3. Ink - Bravo Burgundy - Stampin' Up
4. Die - Heart Ornament - Sizzix
5. Grunge board - Tim Holtz
6. Distress Stain - Fired Brick
7. Distress Stickles - Rock Candy

Warmest Wishes & Good News

2012-01-15T08:45:00.001-05:00

After reading my friend Rachel's blog (which is awesome - you should pay her a visit) about how she made some crafty goals for the new year, I decided to make some of my own Paper Crafting goals for 2012. To my total surprise in the first two weeks of 2012 I can already strike 2 off the list. One was to be a Tuesday Trigger winner which I was last week with Stripe-tastic and another was to finally place at CAS-ual Fridays - which I can't believe I did last week with my Home Sweet Home card!

Another goal I have is to make Christmas cards year round so I have plenty to send out next year without having to stress out and make lots of cards in November/December. I found this new fun challenge blog called 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown. I couldn't quite make the deadline last week, but I'm in this week. I'm excited to get more use out all the Christmas stamps I bought last year and I hope to play in this challenge every chance I get. This week the challenge is a color one - black & white with a splash of red. I used this sweet girl from the Artistic Outpost stamp set called Frosty Friends. Thanks for taking a look!!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card stock - Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red - Stampin' Up
2. Stamps - Frosty Friends, Holiday Saying - Hero Arts
3. Ink - Tuxedo Black - Memento
4. Rhinestones - Bling on a Roll - Michaels
5. Die - Label - Sizzix

Wednesday Gel-a-tins - Fancy Favor Bag

2012-01-11T05:00:00.003-05:00

It's Wednesday again and time for my weekly Gel-a-tins post. This week I created my own patterned paper using the Gel-a-tins stamp set called Sweet Cakes. I made this cute Fancy Favor bag with my patterned paper. For more info check out the Gel-a-tins Blog.

I also wanted to share a fun blog that has been sending me lots of hits this week. I don't speak Spanish so I'm not sure what it says, but she has a fun colorful blog header and she's been featuring that rainbow card you might have read about last week. So check out this fun blog if you get a chance http://minimarta.blogspot.com/2012/01/alguna-vez-has-pintado-con-arena.html

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Wednesday!!

Patterned paper:

Finished Favor Bag.

Tuesday Trigger - By the Numbers

2012-01-08T15:41:00.000-05:00

I made this for the current Tuesday Trigger in the Moxie Fab World. Click here to join in on all the fun. I was mostly inspired by the numbers. Then, yesterday I got my Studio Calico Kit of the Month and it had this awesome Hero Arts/Studio Calico number stamp in it. I thought it would be perfect to use for this challenge. I used the Stampin' Up new In Colors. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card Stock - Whisper White, Island Indigo - Stampin' Up
2. Ink - Island Indigo, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade - Stampin' Up
3. Ribbon - Calypso Coral - Stampin' Up
4. Die - Sizzix
5. Stamps - Numbers - Hero Arts/Studio Calico, Sentiment - So Happy For You - Stampin' Up

SPARKS Challenge

2012-01-08T09:34:00.000-05:00

I'm entering this card into the current Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge. I decided to concentrate on the technique of coloring in letters - as hard as I tried to think of something - I just could not get my rainbow on this week! Below is the fun inspiration photo. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Materials

1. Card stock - Whisper White - Stampin' Up

2. Stamps - Chubby Chums, Word Up - Paper Smooches

3. Ink - Tuxedo Black - Memento

4. Markers - Copic

5. Twine - The Twinery

6. Puffy Fabric Heart Sticker- KI Memories

CAS-ual Fridays - Chipboard

2012-01-08T06:12:00.002-05:00

I made this card for the current CAS-uals Fridays Challenge - to use Chipboard on your card. I decided to go very CAS this week. The sentiment is from a Hero Arts/Studio Calico stamp set called Home Sweet Home. The chipboard house is from Studio Calico. I colored it with a Copic Marker and added a little red glittery heart. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card stock - Whisper White - Stampin' Up
2. Stamp - Home Sweet Home - Hero Arts/Studio Calico
3. Ink - Basic Black - Stampin' Up
4. Marker - Nile Blue - Copic
5. Sticker - Heart - K & Company

Hero Arts Flickr Group Saturday 90 Min Scramble - Stamp on Patterned Paper

2012-01-07T15:07:00.001-05:00

I made this card for the current Hero Arts Flickr Group Saturday 90 Min Scramble. The challenge was to stamp on patterned paper. Here's what I came up with using a Hero Arts/Studio Calico stamp set called Home Sweet Home that I haven't used before. Thanks for taking a look!

Materials
1. Card stock - Whisper White - Stampin' Up
2. Patterned Paper - Amy Tangerine - American Crafts, Random - Crate Paper
3. Stamp Set - Home Sweet Home - Hero Arts/Studio Calico
4. Border Sticker - Studio Calico
5. Ink - Soft Suede, Basic Black - Stampin' Up
6. Markers - Assorted colors - Copic
7. Chalk Ink Edger - Olive - Jenny Bowlin

Play Date Cafe - Newsprint Bird

2012-01-05T21:11:00.000-05:00

I made this card for the current Play Date Cafe Challenge to use Juniper, Mint and Vanilla. I just got my preordered Newspaper Bird stamp in the mail today and I was dying to use it. I think it's my favorite stamp from the new Hero Arts Catalog. Thanks for stopping by!

Here's my card.

Materials

1. Card stock - Baha Breeze, Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up), Mint (Bazzill Basics)

2. Decorative Paper - Pixilicious (Cosmo Cricket)

3. Stamps - Newsprint Bird, Everyday Sayings (Hero Arts), Triple Treat Flower (Stampin' Up)

4. Ink - Iced Spruce (Tim Holtz Distress Ink)

5. Punches - Scallop Border, Flowers (Stampin' Up)

6. Die - Banner (PTI)

7. Button - Baha Breeze (Stampin' Up)

Gel-a-tins Wednesday - "Wishing You A Sweet Day" & Exciting News

2012-01-04T06:00:00.007-05:00

I made this card with a Gel-a-tins Stamp set called Sweet Cakes. I wanted it to be girly and glittery! Check out the Gel-a-tins blog today for more info. Thanks for stopping by!

Here's the stamp set I used for this card.

For the exciting news part, I found out yesterday that I was Tuesday Trigger winner on the Moxie Fab World Blog with my Stripe-tastic card. This was fun and exciting news and a great way to start off my paper crafting year!

Think Happy Thoughts - Part 2

2012-01-02T07:14:00.000-05:00

I spent most of the weekend working on cards for magazine submissions so I don't have anything new to show today. But, I remembered that I forgot to include in my Top 10 post one of my most favorite cards of 2011. I got the idea for this card one night last June and woke up the next morning and made it in about 30 minutes which is pretty quick for me. I wasn't going to put a sentiment on it, but I looked in my stash of stamps and found this one that fit perfectly in the rainbow so I decided to use it. It's a great sentiment and it's from one of my Unity Kits of the Month.

What shocks me about this card is the attention it has gotten and continues to get. It was featured on Facebook by Splitcoast the day I posted it and right now it has received 3954 views on my Splitcoast Page, been favorited by 79 people and has 24 comments. That's way more than any of my other cards has ever gotten! Plus, when I check my blog stats it gets viewed almost every day and has been posted on blogs around the world in languages I don't even know. I guess there is some type of universal appeal for buttons and rainbows!!

Since I have to go back to work today after a 2 week break, I thought I would send myself this card and do my best to Think Happy Thoughts!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

2011 Top Ten

2011-12-31T12:03:00.001-05:00

I started this blog in February of 2011 and I've had so much fun sharing my cards, reading the nice comments and meeting new people through their blogs. I was just over at my friend Virginias blog and she listed her top 10 favorite cards of the year - maybe not the ones that got the most recognition - but just the ones she enjoyed making the most. I thought that was a great idea. So today I'm sharing with you the 10 projects I enjoyed the most in 2011. Thanks for stopping by and Happy New Year!!

Be Happy

Be Silly

Jubilee Thanks

Be You!

Chevron Bag

Lanterns

Life is Good

Life's a Beach

Hello

Oh snap!

Red & White Challenge - Winter Wonderland

2011-12-30T18:26:00.000-05:00

I made this CAS Valentine card for the current Winter Wonderland Red & White challenge this week. It uses a Technique Tuesday Stamp Set called Heart by Ali Edwards. The ink and paper are Real Red from Stampin Up. Thanks for taking a look!

Hero Arts Sketch Challenge - Newspaper Flower

2011-12-28T14:25:00.000-05:00

I made this card using some of my new and old Hero Arts stamps for their current sketch challenge. I used the Zig Zag background stamp and the Newspaper Flower. I mixed several different Distress Inks on a white piece of card stock to get this purple color. Then I stamped the flower on the paper 3 times and cut out the different sections and attached them with foam tape. The sentiment is from the Everyday Sayings stamp set. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Gel-a-tins Wednesday - "Krafty" Thank You Card

2011-12-28T06:00:00.014-05:00

Here's the card I made for the Gel-a-tins blog this week. I figured it was time to make some thank you cards for all those Christmas gifts. Head on over the Gel-a-tins blog for more details. This is my last week using the Gel-a-tins 3-D Alphas stamp set. Be sure to check back next Wednesday to see my fun new stamps for January.

Born To Shop - Skipping Stones

2011-12-27T16:53:00.000-05:00

I made this card for the current Skipping Stones Sketch Challenge #108. I haven't had time to enter this challenge in a long time, but I love using my Skipping Stones Stamps. This is one of my favorite stamp sets and I feel like the sentiment describes me perfectly lately - I've been doing lots of shopping and I really prefer it to going to work!! But, if I want to buy new stamps I'll have to go back next week. Thanks for stopping by!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card stock - Pumpkin Pie, Pretty In Pink, Whisper White - Stampin' Up
2. Patterned Paper - Sweet Threads - Basic Grey
3. Stamp set - Sassy Shoes
4. Ink - Tuxedo Black - Mementon
5. Markers - Yellowish Green, Apricot, Pale Pink - Copic

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge

2011-12-26T12:07:00.001-05:00

I'm so glad I finally had time to participate in the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge. The inspiration photo is so cute and fun. Since I'm making this card after Christmas, I decided not to go with the Christmas theme. Instead I was inspired by the color scheme of Red, Green, Tan and Brown. I used one of my new Paper Smooches stamp sets called Promenade. I love the images in this set. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card stock - Whisper White - Stampin' Up
2. Ink - Tuxedo Black - Memento
3. Copic Markers - Sepia, Chamois, Strong Red, Forest Green, Light Yellow
4. Stamp Set - Promenade - Paper Smooches
5. Rhinestones - Red - Michaels

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Sketcharoony

2011-12-24T13:02:00.000-05:00

I made this card for the current Cupcake Craft Challenge. All the elements in this card are from the Echo Park Holly Jolly Christmas Collection. I love the papers in this collection and I had such a good time putting this card together. It was a fun sketch. Thanks for stopping by and Happy Holidays!!

Here's my card.

Happy Birthday Teri!!!

2011-12-24T11:47:00.004-05:00

When I woke up this morning I saw on Facebook that it was Teri Anderson's Birthday. Teri is one of my favorite Paper Crafts Magazine Go-To-Gals. You should check out her blog sometime if you've never been there - she makes great cards! I decided to take out another one of my new Hero Arts stamps and make a quick virtual card for Teri.

I'm also entering this card into the current Wee Memories Challenge - Anything Goes. Thanks for stopping by!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card stock - Pool Party, Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Wisteria Wonder - Stampin Up
2. Decorative Paper - Stampin' Up
3. Stamps - Wish Big, Essential Messages - Hero Arts
4. Ribbon & Twine - Calypso Coral - Stampin Up
5. Die - Nestabilities
6. Ink - Basic Black - Stampin Up

CAS-ual Fridays - Kraft & Twine

2011-12-24T05:17:00.000-05:00

I'm entering this card in the current CAS-ual Friday Challenge. I decide to move away from the holidays and make this cute birth announcement. The Onesie stamp is from Unity and the sentiment is from Lawn Fawn. The twine is My Minds Eye Lime Twist and the little clothes pins and decorative papers are from Stampin' Up. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Happy Holidays & Some Accepted Cards

2011-12-23T04:45:00.000-05:00

Today I thought I would share my annual "family" Christmas Card photo. If I sent you a card and it didn't have a picture, it's because my printer ran out of ink!! The Black & White Border Collie-ish dog is Daisy - she's ~13. Of course, Dusty is the Pembroke Welsh Corgi - stealing the show - she'll be 12 on February 29. And Callie is the old Shepherd Mix - she's almost 15 - I got her from a shelter 13 years ago and they told me she was 1.5 at the time. And that girl in the back is me!! Thanks to my neighbor Beverly for getting a good photo - it's not an easy task to get dogs to all look the same way at the same time!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Holidays to you and yours!!

Since I shared my Christmas reject cards yesterday, I thought I would share some of my published cards today.

These first two cards were in the Autumn Take Ten issue.

This card was in the Stamper's Sampler December/January 2012 Issue - Newspaper Challenge (it's a more vintage type magazine)

This card was in the November Card Maker Magazine - "Thanks" Color Challenge Section

And finally, here is my Paper Crafts Magazine one hit wonder - it was in the September/October issue in the Circus Section. It was also featured on their blog twice so I think they really liked it!

Tuesday Trigger - Stripe-tastic

2011-12-22T18:29:00.000-05:00

I made this card fort he current Tuesday Trigger challenge in the Moxie Fab World. Click here to go there and join in the fun of this stripey challenge. I was inspired by the stripes and colors in the photo. I was excited to make this card because it's my first card using one of my new 2012 Hero Arts Stamp set and I LOVE this set. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my take on the inspiration photo.

Materials
1. Card stock - various colors from my Studio Calico More Colors Kits
2. Stamp set - You & Me - Hero Arts
3. Ink - Angel Pink, London Fog - Memento

Reject Christmas Cards & Tags

2011-12-22T04:50:00.002-05:00

Last April during Spring Break I made lots of Christmas Cards for the Paper Crafts Magazine Call. Unfortunately, none were accepted, but I spent lots of time on them and I really do like them. On the bright side, one was accepted for the current December Issue of CARDS magazine. I'll post it later - they like you to wait until a month after the magazine is published. Thanks for taking a look and Happy Holidays!!

My card is on p. 31

Gel-a-tins Wednesday & CAS-ual Fridays

2011-12-21T00:00:00.023-05:00

This is my weekly Wednesday Gel-a-tins post. I used Gel-a-tins 3-D Alpha and Holly Jolly Stamp Sets to create this CAS card and envelope. For all the details check out the Gel-a-tins blog here. I'm also entering this card & envelope into the CAS-ual Fridays challenge.

Here's my card & envelope.

Moxie Fab World - Pot Pourri Challenge

2011-12-19T13:39:00.000-05:00

I'm entering this card into the Moxie Fab Pot Pourri Challenge. My main inspiration for this card was the monogram and the gray colors. Click here to go to the Moxie Fab World and join in the fun of the Pot Pourrie challenge and other challenges. Thanks for taking a look!

Materials

Card stock - Basic Gray, Whisper White (Stampin Up)

Decorative Paper - Soiree - Trellis (PinkPaislee)

Die - Label 2 (Spellbinders)

Pearls - Silver (Queen & Co)

Punch - Dotted Scallop Label Ribbon (Stampin Up)

Sticker - D (Recollections)

CAS-ual Fridays - Holly Jolly Christmas

2011-12-18T15:08:00.000-05:00

I made this card for the current CAS-ual Fridays Challenge - Signed, Sealed & Delivered. I used a Gel-a-tins Stamp set called Holly Jolly that I think is very CAS. I added a few green and red rhinestones to the card and some red ones to the envelope - it will be hand delivered!! Thanks for taking a look and Happy Holidays!!!

Here's my card & envelope.

Materials
1. Card stock - Whisper White - Stampin' Up
2. Ink - Garden Green, Riding Hood Red - Stampin' Up
3. Stamps - Holly Jolly - Gel-a-tins
4. Rhinestones - Queen, Co.

Play Date Cafe #111 - Frosty

2011-12-18T12:01:00.002-05:00

I made this card for the current Play Date Cafe Challenge #111 - A Splash of Teal. I used a stamp set from Artistic Outpost called Frosty & Friends. The inks are Basic Black & Taken with Teal from Stampin' Up. Thanks for taking a look!!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card stock - Basic Black, Whisper White, Taken with Teal - Stampin Up
2. Ink - Basic Black, Taken with Teal - Stampin Up
3. Stamps - Frosty & Friends - Artistic Outpost

Winter Cards for Work

2011-12-15T22:07:00.000-05:00

Today is my last of work this year!! I'm definitely ready for a break. I needed some cards for my coworkers and since many of them know I have a little card making hobby I wanted to make some cards for them instead of using store bought ones. But, I waited until last night, so I had to make something quick and easy. I subscribe to a nice UK magazine called Cardmaking & Papercrafts and it's so much fun because they send gifts with their magazines. In October they sent a My Minds Eye 6x6 paper pad of pretty wintery Christmas paper called Snowed In along with two sheets of matching chipboard stickers!! I haven't used any of it so I decided to pull it out and make some cards and here's what I came up with. They're not the most complicated, but they were fun and easy. The issue I got this week had a set cute of clear holiday stamps (I'll show some cards using them soon).

I also made bread for some of my coworkers and my house smells so good - but unfortunately I need all 8 mini loaves so I can't eat any!!! I'll have to make more this weekend. I've included a picture - I think the loaves looked really pretty this time. Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Gift Card Set

2011-12-14T20:16:00.000-05:00

I made this set of gift cards using Echo Park Holly Jolly Christmas paper (I LOVE this paper collection!) and Hero Arts Stamps. The stamp sets I used are Magic of Christmas, Holiday Sayings, Christmas Reindeer, and Joy Snowman (Sizzix Set). The ink colors are Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip and Garden Green from Stampin' Up. I think I'll put these in this month's Hero Arts Card Set Contest. Thanks for taking a look!

Gel-a-tins Wednesday - Joy Ornament!

2011-12-14T06:58:00.001-05:00

Today on the Gel-a-tins blog I'm showing how to make this cute and simple CAS ball ornament. I used Recollections Bright & Jolly paper, Gel-a-tins 3-D Alphabet, and Stampin' Up Riding Hood Red Ink. Thanks for taking a look!

Christmas Express

2011-12-11T20:50:00.000-05:00

I made this card for the current Play Date Cafe Color Challenge and the Wee Memories Holiday Card Challenge. It's the first time I've used my Penny Black Christmas Express Stamps. I think Mimi in the truck is too cute. Thanks for taking a look!!

Here's my card.

Materials

1. Card stock - Whisper White, Crumb Cake - Stampin' Up

2. Ink - Black - Memento, Markers - Copic

3. Stamp Set - Christmas Express - Penny Black

4. Decorative Paper - Bright and Jolly - Recollections

CAS-ual Fridays - Gingerbread Couple

2011-12-11T17:52:00.000-05:00

I made this card for the current CAS-ual Fridays Challenge to use a misting technique on your card. Today while I was reading Card Maker magazine I saw this technique used by a Colleen Schaan on one of her cards in the current issue. She left the die on the paper after cutting it and sprayed the mist on the paper with the die on it. So that's how I got this nifty white edge around the Nestabilities scallop oval. The stamp set is called Gingerbread Cookie by Gel-a-tins.

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card stock - Whisper White, Garden Green - Stampin Up
2. Ink - Tuxedo Black - Memento, Markers - Copic
3. Stamp Set - Gingerbread Cookies - Gel-a-tins
4. Die - Scallop Oval - Nestabilties
5. Spray Mist - Strawberry - Maya Road

Frosty Friends Tag

2011-12-10T17:05:00.000-05:00

I'm so happy to be able to make some things for challenges again. I made this tag for the current Lawnscaping Challenge and Cupcake Craft Challenge. The Lawnscaping theme is Tags or Treat Bags and the Cupcake Craft theme is to make your own background paper.

To make this tag I embossed snowflakes from Lawn Fawn Frosties stamp set in white. Then combined several colors of distress ink together to get this cool gray blue wintry colored background color. I added some Rock Candy Distress Stickles to the ear muffs and the top of the hat. It was a fun tag to make and I really like how it turned out. Thanks for taking a look!

Materials
1. Tag - Recollections
2. Stamps - Frosties, Making Frosty Friends - Lawn Fawn
3. Embossing Powder - Dove - Martha Stewart
4. Ink - Memento
5. Distress Stains - Broken China, Picket Fence, Weathered Wood, Milled Lavender, Spun Sugar
6. Markers - Copic
7. Twine - The Twinery
8. Stickles - Distress Rock Candy
9. Trim - Tinsel - Stampin' Up
10. Foam Tape

Tuesday Trigger - Deck the Halls

2011-12-10T07:41:00.000-05:00

I'm so glad I FINALLY had time to make a challenge card and especially one for the Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger. I love the photo this week. You can click here to join in on this fun Moxie Fab challenge. I really wanted to use this super vintage ornament stamp set which is an exclusive Studio Calico/Hero Arts stamp from one of the Studio Calico December KOM add-ons (Nov was my bday month so I had to get an add-on since I got the $5 off coupon!). I just love these ornaments. I was definitely inspired by the colors in the photo and of course the ornaments.

To make the background I colored each dot with markers - this assures that it is not the card you're going to make to send to all your friends and family this year - that took a while. Once I stamped it, I thought it was a little too bold for the background so I put a piece of vellum on top of the Distressed Dots panel to subdue the colors. Then I attached the panel to white card stock with foam tape. I stamped the ornaments, cut them out and adhered them to the vellum with foam tape and added twine.

Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card stock - Whisper White (Stampin Up)
2. Background Stamp - Distress Dots - Hero Arts
3. Ornaments Stamp - Studio Calico/Hero Arts
4. Ink - Riding Hood Red, Pool Party, Garden Green, Pretty in Pink (Stampin Up)
5. Twine - The Twinery (green - Martha Stewart)

Stamp Camp Christmas Projects

2011-12-09T08:26:00.001-05:00

We had a great time last night at stamp camp. The ladies had fun making the cards I posted yesterday, but since it is December we had to do a couple Christmas items too. They made their versions of this year's Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas Day 4 tag and they made pretty crackled ornaments. You can see Tim's Tag here and the instructions for his crackle technique (which is so fun and easy) here. They're going to decorate their ornaments more at home - I love projects they can personalize and I can't wait to see what they come up with. Thanks for taking a look!

TK's super creations

Sandy's tag has great color and she made a pretty green ornament.

Paige's sparkly tag and gorgeous red ornament

Stamp Camp Cards

2011-12-08T06:58:00.001-05:00

It's been a month and now it's time for Stamp Camp again. Here are the cards we'll be making this month. We'll also be making the Tim Holtz Christmas Tag Day 4 and a crackled grunge board ornament. I'll show those later. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies (All Stampin Up)

Stamp - Triple Treat Flower

Card stock & inks - Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade

Designer Paper - Sweet Shop

Punches - Flowers, 1/2 circle, 2.5 inch circle

Die - 3 inch circle

Ribbon - Lucky Limeade Organdy

Stamp Set - Patterned Party

Card stock & Inks: Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade

Twine - Calypso Coral

Punch - Scallop Border

Stamp Set - The Best of Everything

Card stock - Whisper White

Inks & Twines- Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Island Indigo

Gel-a-tins Wednesday - You're Invited!

2011-12-07T09:00:00.003-05:00

Here's the card I made for my Wednesday Gel-a-tins Blog Post this week. I used the Big Retro Flakes Stamp Set and Laugh Out Loud Letters. For all the details check out the Gel-a-tins blog. Thanks for taking a look!

Big Retro Flakes

Tim Holtz Tag Day 5 - Inspiration Tag

2011-12-05T17:04:00.000-05:00

Here is the the Tim Holtz Day 5 tag of his 12 days of Christmas Tags. Here's the tag I used for inspiration today. It's his second card because I didn't really have the items necessary to make the wreath he made on the first one.

Here's my tag.

Here's what I did.

First I rubbed Frayed Burlap and Antique Linen Distress Inks on the #8 Manilla Tag since I don't have Kraft Tags. Then, on a panel of white card stock I put on Iced Spruce and Weathered Wood Distress Inks and stamped Tim Holtz snowflake stamps in Iced Spruce on the panel. Then, I stamped the small Tim Holtz Merry Christmas stamp on the bottom right side.

To make the deer, since I don't have the stamp he used, I painted grunge board with my silver dabber, then stamped the Hero Arts Collage Music Background in black ink on it, then I die cut the deer.

To make the ornaments I used Cranberry and Watermelon Alcohol Inks on the red one and Meadow and Lettuce Alcohol Inks on the green one. When they dried I stamped with Black Archival Ink - I used the Hero Arts Swirl Christmas tree. The technique didn't really work too well, but you can see the swirls a little. For the tops of the ornaments I cut small pieces from the grunge board I painted silver and glued them to the top of the ornaments with Glossy Accents.Then I glue the silver thread to the ornaments and taped them down on the back with tissue tape.

The ribbon is seam binding with linen thread from Stampin Up.

This one was a little more out of my comfort zone, but in the end I like the finished product - it just took a while to get there. Thanks for taking a look!!

Tim Holtz Tags Day 4 - Inspiration Tag

2011-12-04T08:43:00.001-05:00

Here's the inspiration tag for Tim Holtz Day 4 of his 12 Tags of Christmas. If you notice his snowflake at the top of the card looks a lot like my snowflake from day 2 - just saying... :)

Here's my tag.

Here's what I did to make this tag. Mostly what Tim says on his blog with a few different colors and items.

First I painted the grunge board with the white dabber and die cut the snowman and snowflake. Then I covered them with Picket Fence Crackle paint. I don't have Rock Candy Crackle so I rubbed Rock Candy Distress Stickles over the snowman and snowflake after the crackle took effect. Once it all dried I colored the snowman with Broken Glass and Spun Sugar distress stains and it gave kind of a purple effect - which I really like since purple is my favorite color. I added some Rock Candy Distress Stickles on the top of his hat for a frosty effect - like Tim said.

For the tag I put distress stains on the craft mat and rubbed the tag over them. I forgot to spray the tag with water first so I did it after. The stains I used were Broken China, Spun Sugar and Picket Fence. Then I used the Hero Arts Snowflake Background stamp with Broken China Distress Stain and stamped the background. Then I sprayed the tag with Vanilla Smooch spritz so it's sparkly, but it's hard to see in the picture.

For the finishing touches I adhered the snowman to the tag with foam tape. I put tulle through buttons and adhered them to the bottom of the tag with foam tape and glossy accents. I also used some American Crafts Natural Chipboard letters for the numbers. I painted them with the gold dabber and when it dried put Glossy Accents on top, then I put them on the snowman. I adhered the snowflake to the top of the card and tied tulle and ribbon as a scarf, tied tulle and Stampin Up tinsel to the top of the card and finally I added some Hero Arts pearls to his hat.

This was my favorite tag yet, mainly because of the colors and the fact I love snowmen. BTW, how do you like my new blog header?

Thanks for stopping by!

Tim Holtz Tags Day 3 - Inspiration Tag

2011-12-03T07:47:00.000-05:00

I woke up early and got started on todays tag that was inspired by Tim Holtz Day 3 of his 12 Tags of Christmas event. Here is the inspiration tag.

Here's my tag.

Here's what I did:

First, since I didn't have a kraft tag I sponged on distress ink in Frayed Burlap and Antique Linen. Then I inked the large Hero Arts Background stamp with the three holiday distress inks - Festive Berries, Evergreen Baugh and Iced Spruce and stamped it on the tag. I inked the edges with Vintage Photo distress Ink.

For the leaves I used a Spellbinders die and used grunge paper. I colored the leaves with Evergreen Pine Distress Stain and sanded the edges. I glued them to the tag with glossy accents. Then I added red rhinestones for the berries.

For the top I just added a canvas ribbon. The star is a Spellbinder die on grunge paper. I put tissue tape on the star, colored it with a copic marker and inked the edges with my gold dabber. Then I added Rock Candy Distress Stickles to the tape and dried it with the heat gun. I attached it to the tag with Stampin Up Linen Thread. I thought the star looked interesting after it wrinkled up when I used the heat gun on it to dry the Distress Stickles. Here's a close up picture. The colored twine is called Christmas from Doodlebug Designs. Thanks for taking a look!

Tim Holtz Tags Day 2 - Inspiration Tag

2011-12-02T18:31:00.001-05:00

I made this tag after being inspired by Tim Holtz Day 2 of his 12 Tags of Christmas event. Here is his tag.

And here's my tag.

So here's what I did. I don't have his music paper so I took my Tim Holtz tag and rubbed Picket Fence distress ink all over it. Then I stamped the Hero Arts background stamp in Iced Spruce Distress Ink. Then I stamped the holly & berries using Evergreen Bough & Festive Berries Distress Ink. The holly & berry stamp is from Stampin' Up. Then I stamped Seasons Greetings on the side in Festive Berries - also a Stampin' Up Stamp. And I inked the edges with my Gold dabber.

The Reindeer is of course a Tim Holtz die and I made him from grunge board. And, since I missed participating yesterday and I don't have any sticky back canvas, I decided to glitter up my deer. I combined 3 different Martha Stewart glitters - Copper, Smoky Quartz, & Florentine Gold to get this nifty color (I didn't want it to be so shiny gold). I tied a little Stampin' Up Jingle Bell around his neck with a silver cord.

For the bottom of the tag I punched a scallop border in grunge board and covered with the Gold dabber. The brads are from Tim Holtz of course. For the top, I rubbed Festive Berries Distress Ink on a canvas ribbon that had frayed edges and tied on the tag. Then I made the snowflake from grunge board using the Tim Holtz Snowman die. I covered the snowflake with Picket Fence and then covered it with Rock Candy Distress Stickles and tied a silver cord to it. Then I attached it to the tag with the #25 Tim Holtz Safety Pin.

Thanks for taking a look!!

Gel-a-tins Wednesday - Heat Embossing

2011-11-30T09:00:00.004-05:00

I haven't posted since last Wednesday. I went to Baltimore to visit my brother last week and had a great Thanksgiving. We did our Thanksgiving Day ritual. I went to the pool with my brother Bob Bowman at 5 a.m. and I ran 5 miles and then walked and biked for another hour while he coached practice. Michael Phelps was there practicing with the other swimmers and he looked like he's ready for London 2012. When we left I was ready to eat everything I could - and I did - and it was all so good!!

Today I'm sharing my Gel-a-tins Wednesday card. This card uses the Gel-a-tins Fancy Doily Stamp Set and heat embossing. For all the details check out the Gel-a-tins Blog. Thanks for stopping by!

Gel-a-tins Wednesday - Making Coasters

2011-11-23T09:00:00.000-05:00

It's Wednesday again, and this week on the Gel-a-tins blog I have a tutorial on how to make these cute coasters using the Fancy Doily Stamp set. I made one for Fall, Christmas and Valentines. Check out the Gel-a-tins blog for the details. Thanks for stopping by!

Impression Obsession CAS Christmas Tree Card

2011-11-22T20:00:00.000-05:00

I made this card for the current Impression Obsession Challenge - to make a card with stamps only - no patterned paper. I wanted to make a Christmas card since it is the season, but I only have a couple of Impression Obsession holiday stamps, so I tried to think of a way to use this cute little Dotty Tree stamp and here's what I came up with. Simple and cute I think. Thanks for taking a look!

Materials

1. Card stock - Whisper White - Stampin' Up, Red - Michaels

2. Stamp - Dotty Trees - Impression Obsession

3. Ink - London Fog - Memento

4. Markers - Assorted Colors - Copic

Hero Arts Holiday Trees Card

2011-11-21T19:39:00.001-05:00

Yay!! I finally had time to make a card. I have so many new Hero Arts Christmas stamps that I've been dying to use so tonight I used some of my new stamps for this card. I wanted to be more like my friend Barb and have an interesting embossed background so I used clear embossing powder on the background, then sponged over it with Iced Spruce and Broken China Distress Inks and sprayed it with Vanilla Smooch Spritz Spray. You can't really tell, but the background is very shiny from the Smooch Spritz. Then I stamped the trees in Iced Spruce and Broken China, cut them out, and adhered with foam tape. No challenges for this one - just fun for me. Thanks for taking a look!!

Materials
1. Card stock - Whisper White, Baha Breeze - Stampin' Up
2. Stamps - Christmas Reindeer, Holiday Background - Hero Arts
3. Distress Inks - Iced Spruce, Broken China - Tim Holtz
4. Embossing Powder - Crystal - Martha Stewart
5. Heat Tool - Heat It - Ranger

Stamper's Sampler & Charleston

2011-11-21T07:13:00.000-05:00

I don't have a new card today since I've been super busy since last Thursday. But, I did find out that I have a card published in the new Stamper's Sampler in the newspaper challenge section. I thought I would share some pictures from my trip to Charleston with my friend Liliana. We had a great time! Hopefully, I can get a card made before I leave for Baltimore Wednesday morning. Thanks for stopping by!

The famous Rainbow Row

One of the many churches in downtown Charleston

Here we are at the Battery.

View of the new Cooper River Bridge from the Battery.

Gel-a-tins Wednesday & more

2011-11-16T09:00:00.009-05:00

It's Wednesday, that means it's my day to be featured on the Gel-a-tins blog. This week I'm featuring a sympathy card that I made with a Gel-a-tins stamp set called Fancy Doily and lots of distress inks. Head on over to the Gel-a-tins blog for more info. And, I've also included a few pictures of the ladies at Stamp Camp last week. Thanks for stopping by!

Paige & Beverly having fun!!

TK working with stockings

Beverly my neighbor and friend

Ginger Joy - Penny Black

2011-11-13T21:05:00.000-05:00

I promise this is my last post of today!! I've made so many cards this weekend. It's the last real free time I'll have until the Sunday after Thanksgiving and I've been itching to get to some of my new Christmas stamps. I even made a few other projects that I'll share later!!

I didn't make this card for any challenge - I just made it for fun. When I saw my friend Barb make a card with this stamp, I thought it was so cute. When I saw it at my local stamp store, I just had to have it (willpower when it comes to stamps is not my thing!) He's called Ginger Joy and he's by Penny Black. Thanks for taking look!!

Materials
1. Card stock - Whisper White, Real Red
2. Decorative Paper - Recollections
3. Stamp - Ginger Joy - Penny Black
4. Ink - Tuxedo Black - Memento
5. Die - Top Note - Stampin' Up
6. Markers - assorted colors - Copic
7. Foam Tape - Stampin' Dimensionals - Stampin' Up

Lawnscaping Challenge #21 - Thanks!!

2011-11-13T12:21:00.000-05:00

I made this card for the current Lawnscaping Challenge #21 - Thanks. I used the typewriter from the Lawn Fawn Just My Type stamp set and the Thanks Friend is from the Lawn Fawn Critters in the Forest stamp set. I thought I would do this card in Basic Gray instead of black so the ink is gray and I had this striped gray ribbon that I thought I would use since I was working with gray. Thanks for taking a look!!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card stock - Basic Gray, Whisper White - Stampin' Up
2. Decorative paper - Coordinations
3. Stamps - Just My Type, Critters in the Forest - Stampin' Up
4. Ink - Basic Gray - Stampin' Up
5. Ribbon - Basic Gray - Stampin' Up

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge - Tag You're It

2011-11-13T09:49:00.000-05:00

I made this tag for the current CAS-ual Fridays Challenge to make a tag and for the Hero Arts November Tag and Bling Challenge. The stamp is Hero Arts Winking Reindeer. Thanks for taking a look!!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Tag - The Paper Studio
2. Stamp - Winking Reindeer - Hero Arts
3. Ink - Tuxedo Black - Memento
4. Markers - Copic - Chamois & Sepia
5. Rhinestones - Queen & Co.
6. Striped Paper - Recollections
7. Twine - The Twinery

Play Date Cafe - Snowman

2011-11-13T08:49:00.001-05:00

** This card was "Cream in Our Coffee" at the Play Date Cafe!!**

I made this card for the current Play Date Cafe Challenge. The challenge is to use black and white and a splash of orange. I tried to think of something Thanksgiving related, but all I could come up with was my favorite winter image - the snowman. So here's my simple little snowman with an orange nose of course. Thanks for taking a look!!

Here's my card.

Instructions
1. Make card from black card stock.
2. Die cut a 3.5 inch circle from white paper and adhere to card with foam tape.
3. Cut 2 black and white rectangles for the hat and adhere with foam tape
4. Add black pearls for eyes and mouth.
5. Cut orange triangle for nose and adhere with foam tape.

Materials
1. Card stock - Black, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie - Stampin' Up
2. Pearls - Prima
3. Circle Die - Sizzix

Gift Card Tin Using Gel-a-tins Stamps

2011-11-12T19:41:00.000-05:00

Here's my first project that was highlighted on the Gel-a-tins Blog and Facebook page last Wednesday. Each design team member has a different day of the week and my day is Wednesday. The stamp set I am using this month is called Fancy Doily. It has 3 sentiments and one large medallion stamp. I repeatedly stamped the medallion in different color distress inks to make the background. For more info on this gift card holder check out the Gel-a-tins blog.

Thanksgiving at Stamp Camp

2011-11-10T07:19:00.000-05:00

Here are the two Thanksgiving cards we're making tonight at Stamp Camp. Sorry the pictures aren't great - it's hard for me to get good pictures when I don't have daylight!! The one with the leaves uses Stampin' Up Day Of Gratitude and I CASed it from Understandblue on Splitcoast. The one with the tree uses Stampin' Up's Season of Friendship and I CASed it from Bon2Scrap on Splitcoast. Thanks for taking a look. Hopefully I'll have some of my new creations up soon!!

Cas-ual Fridays Over the Edge

2011-11-09T11:05:00.001-05:00

I made this card for the Cas-ual Fridays Challenge #27 Over the Edge. I paper pieced some new super cute Paper Smooches stamp with Basic Grey Sweet Threads paper. Thanks for taking a look!

Materials
1. Card stock - Whisper White
2. Ink - Black (Stampin' Up)
3. Stamp Set - Wake Up (Paper Smooches)
4. Decorative Paper - Sweet Threads (Basic Grey)

Christmas Stockings

2011-11-08T22:37:00.001-05:00

Here's another card for this week's Stamp Camp. All the materials are from Stampin' Up. I used some scrap Decorative Christmas Paper to punch the stockings with the really cute Stocking Builder Punch and for the top strip I used the Scalloped Border Punch. The papers are Old Olive and Very Vanilla, the stamp is Four The Holidays, and the ink is Cherry Cobbler. Thanks for stopping by!!

CAS Christmas & more

2011-11-07T04:52:00.002-05:00

I've been super busy making some things I can't share here lately, so I haven't had time to make cards for all my favorite challenges. But, I made a few simple CAS Christmas cards for Stamp Camp on Thursday. The ladies make a lot of cards in 2 hrs so I try to keep them relatively quick and easy to make. The first one uses Festive & Fun by Stampin Up and the second one is Merry Winter. I still have to come up with a few more cards. I've also included a pic of our crafty area which is amazingly clean this far ahead of time. I was busy this weekend picking things up.

Today is my birthday, but I'm doing most of my celebrating next week. I'm taking a long weekend next week to Charleston with my good friend and I can't wait!! Thanks for stopping by!

YCU Blog Hop - Masculine Happy Birthday

2011-11-04T00:01:00.002-04:00

Welcome to the Young Crafters Unite Masculine Cards Blog Hop. Thanks for stopping by. Be sure to leave a comment on all the members of the hop for a chance to win some wonderful prizes! The sponsors for this hop are Simon Says Stamp who will be donating two $25 gift certificates and Paper Smooches who will be giving a way the new My Guy stamp set. The winners will be posted on the YCU blog on Tuesday, November 8.

I'm also entering this card into the YCU Masculine Cards challenge this week. You too can enter this challenge. You have until November 15 to enter your masculine card.

Here is the masculine card I made. It features some of my favorite things, these brown letters, chevrons and Fabrips.

Fresh Goods - Simple Joys

Chipboard Alphabet

Farmhouse Collection - Crate Paper - Ribbons & Trim

Farmhouse Collection - Crate Paper - Border Stickers

InLinkz.com

You should have come to me from the super crafty Efrat S. and now you should go to the very talented Paulina Nakamura. Thanks for stopping by and happy hopping!!

Snow Much Fun - Impression Obsession Challenge

2011-11-03T19:41:00.001-04:00

I made this card for the Impression Obsession - Snow Much Fun Challenge. I just LOVE this stamp I found at my local stamp store - The Stamping Place and Scrapbook Station in West Columbia. I'm so lucky to live near such an awesome store with so many different stamps to choose from. I love snowmen and this stamp is so cute and so much fun to color. Thanks for taking a look!!

Materials
1. Card stock - Whisper White (Stampin' Up)
2. Decorative Paper - Bright and Jolly (Recollections)
3. Ink - Black (Memento)
4. Stamp - Snowman with Ornament (Impression Obsession)
5. Markers - assorted colors (Copic)

Gel-a-Tins Design Team Intro

2011-11-02T00:02:00.005-04:00

I'm very excited because today I'm being introduced on the Gel-a-tins Stamps Blog as a member of their new design team. Each day for the next 5 days they will introduce a design team member. Check out the Gel-a-tins Blog meet all the new girls. You can also Like Gel-a-tins on Facebook to keep updated on our current projects.

Here's a quick card I made with some different Gel-a-tins stamp sets to say Hi to all the Gel-a-tin fans out there checking out the blog today. I was experimenting with this color combination. I used You Spin Me Around, Pet Shop and Build a Set Large Lowercase stamp sets. I love how these stamps are so versatile and how the different sets work together so well. I'm entering this card into the current Wee Memories Challenge since I added some brads to it.

Here's my card.

Materials

1. Card Stock - Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Wild Wasabi (Stampin' Up)

2. Stamps - You Spin Me Round, Pet Shop, Build a Set Large Lowercase (Gel-a-tins)

3. Ink - Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up)

4. Brads - Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up)

You Spin Me Round

Pet Shop

Build a Set Large Lowercase

Thank U with Gel-a-tins Stamps

2011-10-29T20:33:00.002-04:00

I was so excited to get my new Gel-a-tins Stamps in today. I am on their design team and my term starts in November!! I used a set called You Spin Me Round and the Thank U is from a set called Many Thanks. I love circles and this set has tons of different types and sizes of circles that are so much fun to layer. The possibilities are endless. Here's a pic of the different stamps I used.

I'm entering this card into The Play Date Cafe color challenge and the CAS-ual Fridays sketch challenge. Thanks for taking a look!!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card stock - Marina Mist, Crumb Cake (Stampin' Up)
2. Decorative Paper - Camden - Columbia (7 Gypsies)
3. Stamps - You Spin Me Round, Many Thanks (Gel-a-tins)
4. Ink - Marina Mist (Stampin' Up)
5. Ribbon - Marina Mist (Stampin' Up)
6. Punches - Circles (Marvy, Stampin' Up)

Lawnscaping Paper Piecing Challenge

2011-10-25T20:37:00.002-04:00

I made this card for the current Lawnscaping Challenge #20 - Paper Piecing. I used the Critters in the Burbs and Bon Voyage stamp sets by Lawn Fawn. The background paper is Sweet Thread by Basic Grey. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Purple Butterflies

2011-10-22T09:12:00.002-04:00

I've been wanting to use this butterfly stamp from Impression Obsession for a while now and I thought this week it would be perfect. I'm entering this card into the Impression Obsession Purple Challenge, CAS-ual Fridays Just Add Color Challenge and Wee Memories Anything Goes Challenge. For this card I just picked out 3 Copics and started coloring. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card stock - Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant (Stampin Up)
2. Stamp - Butterflies F8123 (Impression Obsession)
3. Markers - Mallow, Wisteria, Amethyst (Copic)
4. Ink - Black (Memento)
5. Die - square with scallops (Nestabilities)

Happy Bday Day Dad & Some Way Too Long Updates

2011-10-20T19:51:00.002-04:00

Hi everybody! I've been so busy, I haven't made a card since my button wreath Monday morning. I actually woke up in the middle of the night, checked my I-phone to see what the new Cupcake Craft Challenge was and thought of that wreath all night and had to make it as soon as I woke up. That's the only time I've had this week to make anything!!

When I got home today, I had an hour before my parents picked me up to go to dinner for my dad's birthday. So, I quickly made him a birthday card and here it is.

Materials

1. Card stock - Gray (Studio Calico)

2. Decorative Paper - Destination (Studio Calico)

3. Fab Rip (Studio Calico)

4. Sticker - No 1 (Amy Tangerine-remarks)

5. Letters - Natural Chipboard (American Crafts)

So, why have a I been so busy? Well, the manager at my local Michaels asked me if I would be interested in teaching card classes there and I said yes. So, this week I've been in training to become an official Michaels employee. Even though I'm just teaching some 2 hour classes, I still have to do training like a full-time employee so it's taken a lot of time. I'm going to observe some classes Saturday and then I get to start creating and teaching my own classes. I can decide on the topic and supply lists and I'm very excited to plan my first classes. I have so many ideas floating around in my head and I can't wait to get some time to put them on paper and get organized.

Now for some more news. On Monday I received an e-mail from the managing editor of a popular card magazine asking me if I would be interested in making a set of 6-9 cards, tags, etc... for an article. I was very flattered and I said yes. But, of course this means coming up with some ideas and implementing them and the deadline is November 15. So I have another set of ideas in my mind that I need to get on paper and eventually on some cards, tags, altered items etc... More later on this.

And in the middle of all these fun things, my first creations for the Gel-a-tins design team will be due in November and I've really been putting some ideas aside that I can use with my new Gel-a-tin stamps. They are so awesome and I can't wait to get to use them. Now, if I can just manufacture some time, I'll be good!!

Finally, last Sunday I went to the fair with my friends and their son Reece who is basically my adopted child. I'm including a photo of me with Reece on a tractor (he loves tractors) and a picture of me with the big red dog I won for him at the water gun game!! It was a really fun day and he's almost 3 and the perfect age to enjoy all the rides, animals and fun at the fair.

Sorry this post was so long. My regulars know I rarely venture outside my card recipes.

Buttons & Bows

2011-10-17T07:17:00.001-04:00

I made this card for the current Cupcake Crafts Challenge - Buttons & Bows. The buttons are from Stampin Up and the sentiment is from Hero Arts. Thanks for taking a look!!

Trick or Treaters

2011-10-16T08:01:00.000-04:00

I made another Halloween card. This one is for the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #132 and the Wee Memories Challenge #72 - Holiday Madness. I was definitely inspired by the cupcake colors. All the stamps are from the Penny Black Mimi Halloween set and the papers are from DCWV Midnight Spell Matstack. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Materials

1. Card stock - black, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight (Stampin Up)

2. Stamps - Mimi Halloween (Penny Black)

3. Ink - Black (Memento)

4. Markers - assorted colors (Copic)

5. Decorative Paper - Midnight Spell Matstack (DCWV)

6. Punch - circle (Stampin Up), fence (Martha Stewart)

Play Date Cafe Challenge #103

2011-10-15T20:20:00.001-04:00

I made this card for the current Play Date Cafe Challenge #103. This week's colors are Rust, Storm and Deep Sea. The stamps are all from Stampin Up Spooky Bingo Bits, Out on a Limb and All Holidays. I thought the Pumpkins would go nice next to a door so I cut out the door and started from there. It didn't turn out exactly the way I thought it would, but I still think it's kind of cute. Thanks for taking a look!!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card stock - Whisper White, Cajun Craze, Basic Gray, Pool (Stampin Up)
2. Ink - Black (Stampin Up)
3. Stamps - Out on a Limb, Spooky Bingo Bits, All Holidays (Stampin Up)
4. Brads (Stampin Up)

5. Twine (The Twinery)

CAS-ual Fridays Halloween Card

2011-10-15T11:20:00.000-04:00

I made this card for the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #24 to create a Halloween card with no orange. The witch is from a Stampin Up set called Out on a Limb, the broom is from a Lawn Fawn set called Making Frosy Friends and the sentiment is from Impression Obsession. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card stock - Lucky Limeade, Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White (Stampin Up)
2. Ink - black (Memento)
3. Markers - assorted colors (Copic)
4. Twine - The Twinery
5. Stamps - Sentiment (Impression Obsession), Broom - Making Frosty Friends (Lawn Fawn), Witch - Out On A Limb (Stampin Up)

Punchy Halloween Card

2011-10-12T18:48:00.001-04:00

I decided to get punchy with this Halloween card. I used the Stampin' Up Owl punch for the Owl and Ghost, the Stampin' Up Bird Punch for the tree limb, the Stampin' Up Word Window and Modern Label punches for the sentiment and the Martha Stewart Gate punch for the black gate. I made this card for the Cupcake Inspirations and Cupcake Craft Challenges this week. Thanks for taking a look!!

Here's my card.

Materials

1. Card stock - Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, Black, Daffodil Delight, Soft Suede (Stampin Up)

2. Stamp - Teeny Tiny Wishes (Stampin Up)

3. Ink - Basic Black (Stampin Up)

4. Decorative Paper (K & Company)

5. Embossing Folder (Stampin Up)

6. Punches - Owl, Bird, Word Window, Modern Label (Stampin Up) Gate (Martha Stewart)

7. Die - circle (Sizzix)

Snowflakes!!

2011-10-09T17:58:00.000-04:00

I made this card for this month's Hero Arts Sketch Challenge. I used snowflakes from the following sets: Magic of Christmas, Snowman Christmas, and Christmas Reindeer. I embossed the snowflakes and used my circle punches. Thanks for taking a look!

Materials
1. Card stock - Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White (Stampin Up)
2. Decorative Paper - Tempting Turquoise (Stampin Up)
3. Stamp Sets - Christmas Reindeer, Snowman Christmas, Magic of Christmas (Hero Arts)
4. Twine - Soiree (Pink Paislee)
5. Punches - 1 inch & 1.25 inch circles (Stampin Up)
6. Corner Rounder - Corner Chomper (We-R-Memory Keepers)
7. Embossing Powder - white (PTI)

Happy Haunting!

2011-10-09T08:33:00.001-04:00

I made this card for several challenges this week. My time has been a little limited lately so I'm trying to do as much as I can in the time that I have. It's really busy time of year. This card uses the Play Date Cafe Challenge #102 colors, I made it dimensional and used Lawn Fawn stamps for the Lawnscapings Challenge #19 and the theme is Halloween for the Wee Memories Challenge #71.

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card stock - Black, Pink, White (Stampin Up)
2. Stamp - Happy Haunting (Lawn Fawn)
3. Ink - Black (Memento) Black (Staz On) Markers (Copic)
4. Decorative Paper - The Midnight Spell Matstack (DCWV), Vellum (PTI)
5. Die - Hexagons (Sizzix) Banner (PTI)
6. Foam tape (Stampin Up)

Card Maker Magazine & WCMD Winner

2011-10-05T07:15:00.002-04:00

Hi everybody. I just wanted to share with you that I have a card in the current November issue of Card Maker Magazine. It's in the Thanksgiving Color Challenge section on p. 37. If you get this great magazine - check it out!

And i wanted to announce the winner of my WCMD Curly Label Punch Giveaway. And the Lucky winner is Rachel W K. Rachel - please send me your mailing address and I'll get it in the mail ASAP!!!

I'm off to work - have a great day!!

Donna